A Christmas Ghost Story

By ALAN TONER

A Christmas Ghost Story features three new creepy tales from horror writer Alan Toner, each with a yuletide theme. The perfect book to snuggle up with on a cold, Christmas night, and one that all lovers of seasonal ghost and horror stories are sure to enjoy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: ALAN TONER
• Release date: Nov 14, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393939917

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A Christmas Ghost Story

by Alan Toner

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Copyright © 2013 Alan Toner

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All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the author.

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

About The Author

Alan Toner was born on Merseyside. He has always enjoyed writing and has had many of his articles and short stories published in various magazines and books.

His official website is: www.alantoner.com

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Other Books by Alan Toner

Haunted Objects

100 True Ghost Stories Vol. 2

Scary Urban Legends

Creepy Doll Movies

50 Celebrity Hauntings

CONTENTS

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Chapter One: A Christmas Ghost Story

Chapter Two: Silent Fright

Chapter Three: Christmas Is Coming

Season’s Greetings From The Author

CHAPTER 1: A CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY

Christmas Eve was just a week away, and already the children of the little market town of Clarnthorpe were excitedly anticipating Santa's arrival, all speculating on what possible goodies he would have in his sack for them on that wonderful night.

Little Lucy Evans, 8 years old and still deeply missing her dad, who had been killed in military action whilst serving in Afghanistan at the beginning of the year, was one of those children who could barely wait for Christmas Eve to come. Like most of the kids down her road, she still believed in Father Christmas, and it was an annual treat in her household to wake up early on Christmas morning to find all her presents at the foot of her bed which dear old Santa Claus had left for her in the night while she was fast asleep. Yes, Lucy loved Christmas, but of course this year the holiday would be tinged with sadness, for it would be the first Christmas that she and her mummy would be spending without dad.

Trying not to get too upset again at the thought of her deceased father, Lucy forced herself to concentrate on the brightly decorated market around which she was strolling with her mother. Every stall was festooned with glinting tinsel and multi-coloured decorations and various Christmas cards, and the large Christmas tree in the middle of the market floor, its branches adorned with fairy lights, enhanced the general brightness of the yuletide atmosphere wonderfully. And to top it all, over the loud speaker Slade's evergreen classic 'Merry Christmas Everybody' boomed out.

Hey, it's snowing outside, announced a plump middle-aged man, his overcoat dotted with flecks of white, as he came in through the market entrance and passed Lucy and her mother. 

Is it really? Lucy's mother (whose name was Janice) said. "Mind